#4A42D9#4A42D9

#4A42D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.221 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42D9
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(243, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(243, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.48, 48.48, -75.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.48, 90.10, 302.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% 0.0262 -0.2193)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.221 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2926, 10.3605, 66.7207)
Luminance	0.1036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A42D9 #D1D942

analogous

#4285D9 #4A42D9 #9642D9

triadic

#4A42D9 #D94A42 #42D94A

tetradic

#4A42D9 #D94285 #D1D942 #42D996

square

#4A42D9 #D94285 #D1D942 #42D996

split-complementary

#4A42D9 #D99642 #85D942

monochromatic

#211B86 #2D25B9 #4A42D9 #7B75E3 #ACA8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#4A42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#4A42D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42D9

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42D9	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.221 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78e6',
    500: '#4a42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42d9;
$custom-light: #8e78e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.179,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49024,
    "c": 0.22085,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42D9

secondary

#D8DB9C

accent

#E93EE0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42D9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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